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1875: Thatcher tries to come to terms with the shooting of Uri Carruth. Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow.

1875. Thatcher tries to come to terms with the shooting of Uri Carruth.

2016. Willa's father-in-law, Nick, requests an unusual outing.

Barbara Kingsolver's novel interweaves the past and the present to explore the human capacity for resilience and compassion in times of great upheaval.

It is a portrait of life in precarious times - when characters discover that the past has failed to prepare them for the future.

Alternating between two centuries, Kingsolver examines the personal and social shocks that ensue when people’s assumptions about the world and their place in it are shaken to their foundations.

Last omnibus of three abridged by Sian Preece.

Read by Patrick Kennedy and Laurel Lefkow.

Producer: Gaynor Macfarlane

First broadcast on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in December 2018.

1 hour, 15 minutes

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Mon 6 Feb 2023 00:30

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